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Angela Perez Baraquio Grey (born June 1, 1976), [2] known professionally by her birth name of Angela Perez Baraquio, [3] is an American educator. She was crowned Miss America 2001 on October 14, 2000, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, becoming the first Asian American, first Filipino American, and first teacher ever to win the pageant.
Gurganus was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.He first trained as a painter, studying at the University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.He served three years as a message decoder with the United States Navy during the Vietnam War, as a punishment for draft evasion, [2] and began writing during his time on the USS Yorktown.
The Living is American author Annie Dillard's debut novel, a historical fiction account of European settlers and a group of Lummi natives in late 19th century Washington. [1] The main action of the book takes place in the Puget Sound settlements of Whatcom , Old Bellingham , Sehome , and Fairhaven , which would later merge to form the city of ...
Michael Imperioli learns about his family history on an episode of Finding Your Roots out on January 14. He learns they were bootleggers during Prohibition and broke the law.
(Editor’s Note: This is the first of a regular series featuring a look inside local businesses — the things they make, services they provide & their impact on the community.)
The Birchbark House is a 1999 indigenous juvenile realistic fiction novel by Louise Erdrich, and is the first book in a five book series known as The Birchbark series.The story follows the life of Omakayas and her Ojibwe community beginning in 1847 near present-day Lake Superior.
The incident made local news. But within Baltimore's tight-knit Italian community, there's loyalty to Nick Mangione and his memory. Life-long Little Italy resident, 83-year-old Mary Ann Campanella ...
Local Man is a comic book series written and drawn by Tony Fleecs and Tim Seeley for Image Comics, set in the Image Universe. Each issue has a lead story written by Fleecs and Seeley with art by Fleecs and a flashback story, drawn by Seeley. The colorists are Brad Simpson, Felipe Sobreiro, and Brian Reber. It launched in February 2023.